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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
B and C
liver and intestinal synthesis
TPN total parenteral nutrition
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
2. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
one week period
one tspn salt or less
2.5 cups
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
3. Where can you get more vitamin D?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
milk - enriched grains
decrease in total lymphocyte count
dairy and fortified foods
4. Sources of fats
3 cups
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
protein
5. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
one tspn salt or less
can consume more calories without weight gain
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
6. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
one tspn salt or less
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
7. What is normal albumin levels?
protein
prealbumin levels
dairy and fortified foods
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
protein
500 cal/day
6 oz. a day
300 cal/day increase
9. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
starches - sugars - and cellulose
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
decrease in total lymphocyte count
10. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fats
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
fat soluble vitamins
11. How many calories/gram is protein?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
dark green - orange - drybeans
antioxidant - immune function
4 calories/gram
12. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
decrease in total lymphocyte count
transferrin
atrophy or wasting of muscle
one week period
13. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
atrophy or wasting of muscle
B and C
antioxidant - immune function
14. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
500 cal/day
hemorrhage
day week or month
protein and fat
15. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
apple is higher risk than a pear
16. Name six sources of grains
300 cal/day increase
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
5.5 ounces/day
low albumin levels < 3.4
17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
decrease in total lymphocyte count
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vitamin C - citrus fruits
18. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
19. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
300 cal/day increase
dairy and fortified foods
dark green - orange - drybeans
day week or month
20. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fat soluble vitamins
one week period
21. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
apple is higher risk than a pear
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
carrots and sweet potatoes
hemorrhage
22. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fats
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vitamin K
23. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4 calories/gram
24. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
B and C
dark green - orange - drybeans
5.5 ounces/day
25. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
diet recall
dark green - orange - drybeans
26. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
carrots and sweet potatoes
diet recall
27. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
dark green - orange - drybeans
decrease in total lymphocyte count
2.5 cups
protein
28. What is normal BMI?
carrots and sweet potatoes
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
300 cal/day increase
18-25
29. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
30. What is RDA of protein?
fats
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
atrophy or wasting of muscle
31. What foods have high quality protein?
one week period
3 cups
protein
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
32. Fats can lead to some medical problems
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
3 cups
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fats
33. What type of people need extra protein?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
can consume more calories without weight gain
34. What are healthy sources of fats?
hemoglobin
can consume more calories without weight gain
essential amino acids
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
35. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
diet recall
hemorrhage
albumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
36. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vitamin K
milk - enriched grains
one tspn salt or less
37. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
18-25
hemorrhage
cream cheese - cream or butter
38. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
antioxidant - immune function
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
2.5 cups
39. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
carrots and sweet potatoes
18-25
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
hemoglobin
40. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
B and C
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
41. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
transferrin
milk - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
42. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
3 cups
antioxidant - immune function
albumin levels
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
43. What is the function of vitamin E?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
antioxidant - immune function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
dietary approach to stop hypertension
44. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
day week or month
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
45. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
diet recall
300 cal/day increase
essential amino acids
dietary approach to stop hypertension
46. When does BMR decrease?
protein
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
milk - enriched grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
47. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
can consume more calories without weight gain
pregnant women or elderly
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
48. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
rickets - osteomalacia
4 calories/gram
2.5 cups
49. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
hemoglobin
dairy and fortified foods
day week or month
50. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
2 cups
low albumin levels < 3.4
fat soluble vitamins
prealbumin levels